The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest rated institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7500 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society. Applications are invited for a full-time (100 %), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at various Departments at University of Oslo, Norway.
1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sustainable Batteries for Microgrids with Renewable Energy Sources
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available at the Department of Technology Systems (ITS) of the University of Oslo (UiO). The workplace is at ITS which is located at Kjeller, 20 km north east of Oslo. For the 3-year appointment, 10% of the time is devoted to required duties, usually in the form of teaching activities. The appointment might be offered for 4-year. This will be contingent on the qualifications of the candidate and the teaching needs of the department. For a 4-year fulltime appointment, 25 % of the time is devoted to compulsory work (e.g. teaching responsibilities at the department). Postdoctoral fellows who are appointed for a period of four years are expected to acquire basic pedagogical competency in the course of their fellowship period within the duty component of 25 %.
Last Application Date: 31st March 2022
2. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Porous Media Physics
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The PoreLab center aims to describe the flow in porous media on scales ranging from micrometers to kilometers and for highly different media. The approach is based on a combination of theory, simulations and experiments. The successful candidate may work on both experimental and theoretical/numerical aspects of multiphase flow and pattern formation in frictional fluids and porous media. The main purpose of a postdoctoral fellowship is to provide the candidate with enhanced skills to pursue a scientific top position within or beyond academia. To promote a strategic career path, all postdoctoral research fellows are required to submit a professional development plan no later than one month after commencement of the postdoctoral period.
Last Application Date: 3rd April 2022
3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in modelling of organoid/gastruloid morphogenesis
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
A three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship is available at The Njord Centre. The purpose of the possition is to develop a theoretical understanding and computational models of development principles in organoid/gastruloid morphogenesis. No one can be appointed for more than one Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Oslo. Starting date as soon as possible. The position is part of the UiO: Life Science convergence environment “Integrated technologies for tracking organoid/gastruloid morphogenesis” (ITOM). Embryonic stem cell (ESC) technology has allowed the development of organoids/gastruloids that show features of organ induction but lack further maturation and show large variations. The field, therefore, requires high-content tracking tools and algorithms to guide organoid/gastruloid development. The project will use advanced correlative imaging technologies and data analysis to guide the differentiation of ESC-derived organoids/gastruloids. The ITOM project unites three different Centres of Excellence in the Oslo area: HTH-CoE, Njord-CoE, and RITMO-CoE. As such, the candidate will be part of a large and closely interacting interdisciplinary team of basic scientists, developmental biologists, chemists, physicists, computational scientists, and rhythm researchers.
Last Application Date: 20th April 2022
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4. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medieval History/Literature
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The postdoctoral fellow will principally be expected to extend the transhistorical dimension of the project, by pursuing research related to the narrative hierarchies of a non-Byzantine medieval historical tradition. Researchers are expected to share their chronological focus with the project (c. 1200 – c. 1460), but their field of specialisation within medieval history/literature is entirely open. The postdoctoral fellow’s primary responsibility will be to research and write at least two journal articles. Prospective candidates are asked to clearly articulate the topics on which they intend to work in their project description. Candidates will not be expected to apply a rigid ‘project methodology’, but are encouraged to elaborate how their proposed research speaks to the research questions and transhistorical agenda of the project. Proposals should explicitly relate to questions of narrative/narrative theory, gender, hierarchies, subalternity, or non-elite counterpower.
Last Application Date: 28th February 2022
5. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Marine biodiversity and Machine Learning
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
This position is part of a collaborative marine research and training program with a focus on the Skagerrak, Kattegat and Oslofjord (SKO) region to improve marine sustainability and our understanding of the pelagic ecosystem and food-web dynamics in the coastal zone where land and open sea meet. This program aligns with UN sustainability goals considering that the declining fish stocks in SKO will be under scrutiny, as well as the multiple anthropogenic stressors affecting water quality, human recreation and marine life. The project is interdisciplinary, joining a range of key institutions (University of Oslo, Norwegian University for Life Sciences, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, University of Agder, Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian Meteorological Institute) and is embedded in the ongoing strategic institutional SKO initiative. The SKO program at UiO comprises the Departments of Biosciences, Geology, Mathematics and Informatics, and three other positions are also available.
Last Application Date: 14th March 2022
7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Experimental Realization and Characterization of Novel Organic Ferroelectrics
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We seek a highly motivated individual with a strong background in material science/condensed- matter physics/solid-state chemistry, who is familiar with one or more of the methods described above. Experience with experimental work on molecular crystals and/or ferroelectrics would be desirable. The main purpose of a postdoctoral fellowship is to provide the candidates with enhanced skills to pursue a leading scientific position within or beyond academia. In this respect, we encourage applications from ambitious and goal-oriented individuals who are engaged to make a difference. To promote a strategic career path, all postdoctoral research fellows are required to submit a professional development plan in collaboration with their main supervisor no later than one month after commencement of the postdoctoral period.
Last Application Date: 19th April 2022
8. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in computer science
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow available at the Department of Biosciences. Position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow available at the Department of Biosciences as part of the UiO:Life Science Convergence Environment AUTORHYTHM. The candidate will develop new machine learning methods with a focus on metrics and quantification of uncertainty in combination with interpretable and explainable AI. The candidate will be embedded in the research group of Dr. Helene Knævelsrud and Dr. Jorrit Enserink at the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital in close collaboration with Dr. Michael A. Riegler at Simula Research Laboratories.
Last Application Date: 16th March 2022
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9. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in comparative immunology
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The position is associated with the Comparative Immunology Group in the Section of Physiology at IBV. The group works closely with scientists in the Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital – Rikshospitalet, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and at the Centre of Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at IBV, and seeks to understand host responses and protective immunity in vertebrates with “unusual” immunogenomes. While the adaptive immune system encompassing B cells, T cells and MHC class I and class II loci is shared among all jawed vertebrates, Atlantic cod and other codfishes specifically lost the MHC class II locus and CD4+ T cells approximately 100 mya. In other vertebrates (including most other fishes), the MHC II – CD4 axis is required for strong antibody responses and vaccine efficacy. Recently, whole genome sequencing has added more teleosts to the list of vertebrates with unusual immunogenomes.
Last Application Date: 4th April 2022
10. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cancer Cell Biology
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The candidate for this position will work on a project funded by the Norwegian Cancer Society. In this project, we aim to unravel the role of the endoplasmic reticulum-focal adhesions contact sites in transducing external cues to the nucleus, leading to altered gene expression, and how this is coupled with the development of the cancer cell invasive ability during cancer progression. To achieve this, the project will make use of RNAi screens and advanced imaging techniques such as super-resolution and live imaging. Our group has access to the National imaging platform NorMIC Oslo, with a wide range of state-of-the-art imaging equipment. The Department of Biosciences harbors also an EM-lab, the Norwegian Sequencing Centre (NSC) and Proteomics services.
Last Application Date: 8th April 2022
11. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Batteries and Sustainable Futures
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The responsibility of this Postdoc fellow in Batteries and Sustainable Futures will be to develop a sustainability framework for EMPOWER, with a focus on the EV battery life cycle and future battery use. It will take a regulatory ecology perspective, a systems approach to investigate the interactions between four modes of regulation: the design and architecture of batteries, the laws and directives regulating batteries, the market of mobility batteries (new and second-life ones), and social norms of battery use, now and in the future. This integrative approach will support the creation of a common language in the project, strengthening our collaboration and enable interdisciplinary outcomes. This interdisciplinary work will be further enhanced by integrative mapping exercises, in which EMPOWER participants engage in a participatory mapping of project results and analysis. Secondly, informed by the EV battery life cycle, this research will involve youth in designing and exploring future sustainable transport solutions. The following research questions will be addressed by the Postdoc Fellow: 1) What are the social and environmental impacts in the EV battery life cycle? and 2) How do youth envision their future sustainable transportation?
Last Application Date: 14th March 2022
12. Postdoctoral fellowship in organoid motion analysis
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
A three-year postdoctoral research fellowship (SKO 1352) to stimulate, track, and analyze motion, forces, and shape changes in developing organoids is available at RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion in the project Integrated technologies for tracking organoid morphogenesis (ITOM) funded by the UiO:Life Science initiative. The position is part of the UiO: Life Science convergence environment “Integrated technologies for tracking organoid morphogenesis” (ITOM). Embryonic stem cell (ESC) technology has allowed the development of organoids that show features of organ induction, but lack further maturation and show large variations. The field, therefore, requires high-content tracking tools and algorithms to guide organoid development.
Last Application Date: 19th April 2022
13. Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
There is a vacant position at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography for a Postdoctoral Fellow (SKO 1352) in sociology. The position is for a period of three years (with up to 10% of the time set apart for non-research activities). A fourth year of teaching/supervision duties may be offered depending on the candidate’s interest, profile and the Department’s need for personnel.
Last Application Date: 1st April 2022
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14. Postdoctoral Fellow – EMPOWER: Sustainable Batteries in Mobility – (Em)powering a Net-zero Energy Transition
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The EMPOWER project takes an interdisciplinary research and education perspective to investigate the role of electric vehicle batteries in enabling a sustainable net-zero energy transition in Norway. Norway aims at a net-zero energy system by 2050 and the decarbonisation of all transport segments is crucial. While batteries represent a central technology for zero-carbon transportation, they also pose complex socio-ecological problems. EMPOWER examines study the diversity of challenges (social, environmental, legal) found in the design, production, use, re-use, and recycling of batteries.
Last Application Date: 8th April 2022
15. Post-doc position in the project “Epidemic traces”
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Applications are invited for a three-to-four-year position as a post-doc in social anthropology, to be based at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, and working within the above project (SKO1352). For the right candidate an additional 12 month of teaching duty will be considered. The planned starting date is June 2022, and the place of employment is Oslo, with fieldwork in Senegal. We are looking for candidates with a very recent PhD degree, who have not held a post-doctoral post yet, and with extensive anthropological research experience, including long-term fieldwork in Africa, including in Senegal. The successful applicant will work with other senior and post-graduate researchers as part of the research project “Epidemic Traces. Remains of infectious disease control in Africa” (EpiTraces), led by Wenzel Geissler and Ruth Prince, and funded by the Research Council Norway.
Last Application Date: 18th March 2022
